Movie Theater Seats, Other Hellertown Artifacts to Be Auctioned Off
If you want to own a piece of Hellertown history, plan to attend the Hellertown Historical Society’s first-ever Silent Chance Auction this Saturday, March 1 at the Heller-Wagner Grist Mill. On the silent auction block will be a number of rare pieces of Hellertowniana, including folding seats from the movie theater that operated in town from the early 1940s to the early 2000s.
Other items of local interest that will be sold to the highest bidder include a vintage metal Klein’s Service Station sign, quart-sized glass bottles from the former Hellertown Bottling Works and a 1910s Jacob Ruppert Brewery beer barrel. Various pieces of baseball memorabilia, vintage decorative objects and other items will be available for bidders to win. Various gift cards and other items donated by local businesses and organizations will be offered in a separate raffle for which tickets will be sold.
Free and open to the public, the auction will open at 2 and close at 4 p.m., with auction and raffle winners to be announced at 4:30 p.m. Entertainment and light refreshments will also be part of the event, which will be held in the historic grist mill’s Tavern Room. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Society’s Historic Preservation Fund, which supports the maintenance of and improvements to HHS’s colonial and 19th-century buildings. The grist mill is located at 150 W. Walnut St., Hellertown.
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